Mayor Finch’s Chief of Staff Adam Wood salutes the work of Charlie Carroll who will resume the duties of the full-time director of Parks after performing both roles of parks and Public Facilities chief for five years. Letter to editor from Wood. I am writing today to make the record clear: Charles Carroll is one [...]
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Charlie Carroll To Return Full Time To Parks Department, Likely At Start Of New Budget Year
April 17th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Charlie Carroll, who has served the dual role of director of Public Facilities as well as director of the Parks Department, will return as the full-time director of parks, according to a statement released by Elaine Ficarra, Mayor Bill Finch’s communications director. Public Facilities is a super-agency that oversees sanitation, parks, the airport, street paving [...]
Did You Make The List Of Top 100 City Employee Wage Earners? Cops Tops On List, Mayor Trails Far Behind
March 22nd, 2013 · 71 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Hey, there’s more than one reason to make friends with a cop. OIB has received a list of the top city employee wage earners for 2012 and as usual it’s dominated by police officers, particularly the top 50, who in many cases received double their base pay from overtime. The list OIB reviewed does not [...]
Tags: Alanna Kabel·Andy Nunn·Charlie Carroll·Joe Gaudett·John Fabrizi·John Ramos·Paul Vallas·Tom McCarthy
Why Public Works Directors Matter
February 21st, 2013 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
During Tuesday night’s vent session in City Council Chambers a woman from the North End addressed Mayor Bill Finch and his leadership team in charge of the response to the historic blizzard that paralyzed the city, trapped folks in their homes for days, forced others to miss work with no pay and still others overwhelmed [...]
Tags: Charlie Carroll·John Marsilio
Mayor Launches Park City Celebration
May 19th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
UPDATE: From Mayor Finch The sounds of salsa filled the air at Washington Park today as Mayor Bill Finch joined hundreds of East Side residents to kick off a citywide, summer-long celebration of the City’s parks and green spaces dubbed “Park City Celebration.”
Tags: Andres Ayala·Beardsley Park·Bill Finch·Charlie Carroll·John Olson·Lydia Martinez·Manuel Ayala·Seaside Park
Bob Halstead, Ex Finch Roomie, No Longer Tending Community Gardens–Claims Retribution
May 18th, 2012 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning
Bob Halstead has been part of the city’s neighborhood fabric for decades. As founder of the city’s community garden program he was instrumental in transforming vacant eyesores into community pride points. He no longer serves in that capacity, a victim, he claims, of retribution for supporting Mayor Bill Finch’s mayoral opponents. Halstead shares this commentary [...]
Tags: Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Charlie Carroll·Chris Caruso·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Feeney·Pleasure Beach
Fabs: Carroll Scapegoat For City’s Response To Historic Blizzard
April 19th, 2013 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Former Mayor John Fabrizi told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart that Charlie Carroll, who served as Fabs’ chief of staff, is the fall guy for the city’s response to the historic February blizzard that trapped citizens in their homes for days. Fabs is quoted: “Charlie has demonstrated over his many years with the city he [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Charlie Carroll·CT Post·John Fabrizi